Another Meeting [Open]

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    Shadowshine was too busy digging to notice that Nymph had lost him.
    'I've got to get her out of this storm, even if its the last thing I do!' He thought determinedly. 'I'm not going to allow her to freeze to death,'
    His ears twitched a little, originally he presumed his reflexes were protesting against the cold, but only then did he begin to hear a voice on the wind. His head shot up, his amber eyes swivelled in various directions until he realised that Nymph wasn't with him.
    "Nymph?" He asked, obviously to himself. "Please say you're hiding."
    A beautiful singing voice was carried on the wind once again, growing closer by the second. Within a heartbeat, the beautiful she-cat appeared from the flurry of snow.
    "Thank StarClan you're safe!" He purred in delight before he scraped away the rest of the snow. "It should fit us both, but I want you to get in first."
    'If she can only fit, I'd rather die keeping her warm.' He thought to himself.

    "Let me help" She meows determinedly and presses up against you, helping dig with her front paws "My front claws are sharper then you think, I don't have my back ones" She grumbles somewhat to herself, still humming the pretty tune and purring as her warmth flows over you as she digs, suddenly feeling a little warmer. Her eyes barely show joy, their always that deep, unforgiving blue, no matter how happy she is, which throws most cats off, making them even more terrified over her with her massive size, but she tries to brush off the stares, brush off the horrid voices, cats can't hide everything...their eyes show it all....

    Shadowshine was grateful for the help, his paws were growing numb and tired but he still continued to push on and dig out the snowy burrow. As Nymph spoke about her claws, his head shot up in alarm at the thought of having no hind claws.
    "What! What happened to you're claws?" He asked, however he shook his head and spoke again. "Don't worry, tell me once we have dug this away."
    With two cat's working, the burrow cleared away within moment's and Shadowshine gestured for Nymph to go in first.
    "Ladies first." He purred, his pelt brushed against her's all the while.

    Nymph crawled into the snow bank slowly and curled as far in the corner as possible to give Shadow Shine some room.


    "I..." Her voice trailed off and her eyes clouded "I lost them, I was born in the mountains, in a feild of lilacs as I've said" Her eyes flash with memories, becoming more and more distant "My family abused my brother, Pente, and I...I remember the day I came home to our den and he was dead, curled in my nest, tears and blood on his fur, lilacs wrapped around him" Her voice grew harsh "I went into a panic of hatred, killed everything in sight, ripped my mothers throat out, clawed my fathers stomach open and laughed while he bled to death" Tears began to stream down her cheeks and stream in the snow, her ice cold breath becoming more visible as it grew quicker "I was left alone, my father ripped out each one of my back claws while I was pinned down fighting him, taking away each peice of my hope and sainty I had left" SHe hissed at herself loudly and buried her nose in her paws, waiting for Shadow SHine to flee or kill her, or both

    Shadowshine waited for Nymph to scurry into the burrow as far as possible, he peeked his head in before squeezing his shoulders through, only his hindquarters were left hanging out of the burrow. However he refrained himself from clawing deeper into the burrow, despite the fact there was plenty of room, until he heard of what happened to Nymph's claws.
    'I'll claw out their claws if they were to hurt Nymph again!"' He thought bitterly, his eyes clouding with anger.
    However that was short lived, his eyes now appeared to hold no emotion. Occassionally he would nod his head towards the she-cat's comment, but most of the time he remained perfectly still. Only once she finished did he claw closer to her, he wrapped his tail protectively around her before snuggling into her soft fur.
    "Well," He began. "I'll never allow anything to hurt you that bad again, as I said before every cat has a past."
    With that he purred and began to lick the she-cat's cranium.

    Nymphaea didn't respond, her eyes still watering with distant colors and whirling sensations. She pressed as close to the tom as possible. After a long moment of counting each and every snowflake she saw, she opens her mouth slowly, and lets five words slip out slowly in a horrid, pacifing tone, twitching her black and white whiskers, looking up at him.


    "Not The Past, The voices"

    Shadowshine cocked his head to one side, confused as to what the she-cat meant by such words. He briefly ignored them, he chose to shift closer to Nymph and purr in content, however he soon began to grow curious and his purr abruptly stopped.
    "What do you mean?" He queried, his voice somewhat strained but otherwise just as friendly and welcoming as always.

    Shadowshine waited a moment, his ears would occassionally twitch, but the only sounds to enter his hearing radius was that of the hefty wind outside. He eventually shook his head, his amber eyes gazing to Nymph's blue ones.
    "No," He said. "I can't hear them, other than the wind outside. Why do you think you hear voices?"

    "Oh," Shadowshine replied, unsure as what to say to comfort the she-cat.
    He chose to shuffle closer to her before running his crimson tongue against her cheek.
    "Ignore the voices and pay attention to me," He spoke softly, his amber eyes peering into her's. "I... I... I don't know what to say, or what to think, but I want to say how fondly I think of you, Nymph."

    Nymph begins to purr loudly "I think" She pauses "I'm as fond of you as the stars" She purrs "And thats a compliment if you didn't know" She licks his forehead sweetly back now, nuzzling him kindly "Maybe when the storms over you could show me your camp?" She smiles "I've always wanted to meet" She puffs out her chest pauseing "BIG, STRONG WARRIORS" She giggles at her imitation, eyes dulling for a moment "Its hard to get the voices to stop," She pauses for a moment "But I can ignore them for you" She purrs louder, icy eyes glinting

    Shadowshine began to purr, adoring the fact of how much the she-cat thought of him. He couldn't think of any words to express his delight, in return he nuzzled his nose into her cheek before rasping his tongue over her ear.
    'I hope she understands,' He knew she wasn't stupid, but he literally couldn't find the correct words to show his excitement.
    Perhaps the sparkle within his golden amber eyes were enough to show Nymph just how thrilled he was? Or maybe the way he continued to knead his paws into the soft mud proved his excitement?
    'Or maybe the way I'm smiling makes her feeling just as fluttery as I do myself, when she smiles at me?'
    But the loving, gentle atmosphere was soon dispersed, Shadowshine chuckled a little at Nymph's comment before nodding his head.
    "Of course you can," He purred. "You could also meet my son, Blackkit."
    Shadowshine then remembered he hadn't informed Nymph of his kit's, however he hadn't seen Paintedheart for almost two moons, the same with his other two kit's, Swimmingkit and Pebblekit, it was only Blackkit who remained.

    Nymph wasn't a cat to get angry and under stood almost every sitiation, she smiled at the tom, tail flickering back and fourth lightly as he blue eyes flashed, she let out a deep purr " I would love to meet Blackkit" She let out a deep murrow of laughter but froze, whiskers twitching " I'm not sure how delighted he will be to meet me though...I'm mad..." She seemed to be speaking to herself now, muttering unheard things, her eyes slowly moved up to meet Shadow Shines and her heart fluttered "I wouldn't want to scare the sweet thing"She murmured, snowflakes dancing in her eyes "However Painted heart might still love you, I don't want to invade her space or your kits"

    Shadowshine merely shook his head, he knew Blackkit wouldn't get scared meeting this she-cat.
    "Blackkit isn't scared of anything, he's very brave and perhaps too brave for his own good." Shadowshine chuckled. "As for Paintedheart, if she loved me she wouldn't have left me with one of our kits."
    The tom appeared angered for a moment as he thought about the other female, however that was short lived and he began to groom Nymph.
    "I know Blackkit would love to meet you!"

    Nymph lets out a loud purr and nods, nuzzling him affectionately and snuggling closer to him as a huge gust of wind blows by, her eyes begin to flutter closed with Shadow Shines warmth encasing her, she licks him on the nose before beginning to hum alittle tune she had made up right then and there.


    "Black Kit, Black Kit, bravest warrior of them all, Black kit, Black kit will never fall. Black kit, Black kit with claws so strong, teeth so white, Black kit Black kit fights through the night.." At the end of her somewhat creepy tune she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

    Shadowshine chuckled light heartedly at Nymph's tune, however he didn't think Blackkit would truly appreciate the song.
    'He'd probably cringe in disgust,' The tom thought with a sigh. 'But it would do him good to meet other cat's rather than one's which are always about hunting and fighting.'
    Yes, Shadowshine was determined for the two to meet, it excited him that his son would be the first to meet his new... Friend? Best friend?
    'Mate...?'
    He didn't know where he and Nymph stood, other than having met not that long ago he knew that she meant a lot to him. However he obviously had to also take his son into consideration, part of him wondered whether Blackkit would originally be jealous.
    "As soon as the wind passes, we can go and meet him." Shadowshine announced, his amber eyes peering up through the gap. "The wind should die done soon," He purred before turning to face Nymph. "I'm glad I met you, thank you for pulling me out from that snow creature."

    Nymph let out a little purr "You caught me at the right time" She said playfully nuzzling Shadow Shine "It might have eaten you, because you know how vicious snow is" She winked and her long pluming tail curled around her skinny body sweetly

    Shadowshine sighed, he knew how stupid he had been but he'd never before seen such a strange ice creature.
    'I still don't even know what it was called, or whether other's exist.' However he refused to ask Nymph because of how miniscule it was.
    His ears began to twitch, noting the sound of the wind dying down. He gestured for the she-cat to stay where she was, and with that he peeked his head out of the burrow to check on the sleet and wind.
    "The sleet has stopped and the wind has died down," He purred over his shoulder. "Shall we head off or do you wish to rest for a while?"

    "We can head out" Nymph paused slowly, gripping her head and pressing it to the ice until the voices stopped, rising, fur unfolding like a blanket and following after him